Cesare Vecellio, who joined the workshop of his famous cousin Titian before 1548, was active as a publisher by 1570.
This book contains 420 illustrations of costumes-exotic and domestic-by the woodcutter Christoph Krieger
and marks the culmination of a trend that began in the mid-sixteenth century with a series of costume engravings by Enea Vico.
The first section of his book covers European dress, including Ottoman Turkey, while the short section on Africa and Asia includes the costume of Persians, Moors, and Arabs.

97Boissardís costume book was published at Cologne in 1581. The following woodcuts from Book X of Habiti antichi et moderni were copied from Boissard. African Indian from Ceffala, f. 435v (fig. 25) is copied from Boissardís African Indian, f. 54 (fig. 38). Noble of Barbary, f. 427v (fig. 17) is copied from Boissardís Nobleman of Barbary f. 55 (fig. 39). African Woman from the Kingdom of Tlemcen, f. 433v (fig. 23); Woman of Average Condition, f. 434v (fig. 24); and African Woman, f. 430v (fig. 20) are copied from the images of African women on f. 56 of Habitvs Variarum Orbis gentium. The Well-to-do Moor, f. 429v (fig. 19); the Moorish Girl, f. 428v (fig. 18); and the Ethiopian Soldier, f. 420v (fig. 10) are copied from the images of Moor, Moorish Girl, and Ethiopian on f. 59 in Boissardís costume book (fig. 43). The Ethiopian Girl and Ethiopian Nobleman (figs. 8 and 9), on folios 419v and 418v respectively, are copied from the Ethiopian Girl and one of the Ethiopian men pictured on f. 60 of Habitvs Variarum Orbis gentium (fig. 44). Finally, Vecellioís other African Indian f. 436v (fig 26) is a copy of another of Boissardís African Indians from f. 61 (fig. 45).
Source: p. 33, African Costume for Artists: The Woodcuts in Book X of Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, 1598 by Laura Renee Herrmann